From 18228288eb4eda9c77628d82513dc0505d8f1721 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Purcell <168346341+chrisdpurcell@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 08:22:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: exclude stale build artifacts from rexec sync;
 align the markdownlint pin comment

Refs #14
---
 .rexec.toml                  | 7 ++++++-
 tests/coherence/test_pins.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.rexec.toml b/.rexec.toml
index 3b193689..ec69341b 100644
--- a/.rexec.toml
+++ b/.rexec.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ git_context = true
 # Leg worktrees and orchestration state are workstation-only: mirroring them
 # made rexec abort with "local source tree changed continuously" whenever a
 # dispatched worker was editing in .claude/worktrees/ (2026-08-26).
-exclude = [".claude/worktrees", ".workflow"]
+#
+# build/dist, build/release-dist, build/release-sdist are stale release
+# artifacts (289 MiB) that rexec would otherwise mirror on every sync;
+# build/wheel-runtime and build/release-wheel stay included because
+# scripts/verify.sh:133-141 needs exactly one candidate wheel there.
+exclude = [".claude/worktrees", ".workflow", "build/dist", "build/release-dist", "build/release-sdist"]
 
 [tools]
 
diff --git a/tests/coherence/test_pins.py b/tests/coherence/test_pins.py
index a67d9073..6d84c953 100644
--- a/tests/coherence/test_pins.py
+++ b/tests/coherence/test_pins.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 _REPO = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
 PRETTIER_PIN = "3.9.6"
-MARKDOWNLINT_CLI2_PIN = "0.23.2"  # Keep aligned with markdownlint-cli2-action@v24.
+MARKDOWNLINT_CLI2_PIN = "0.23.2"  # Keep aligned with markdownlint-cli2-action@v24.2.0.
 
 
 def test_package_json_pins_both_tools() -> None:

From 597a5c4fa9982755e99534f0981f6a293a8db7d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Purcell <168346341+chrisdpurcell@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 08:25:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] perf(projection): reuse the computed plan in
 sync-payload-projection --check

Refs #14
---
 src/project_standards/package_contract/projection.py | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/project_standards/package_contract/projection.py b/src/project_standards/package_contract/projection.py
index 58106941..762e2e63 100644
--- a/src/project_standards/package_contract/projection.py
+++ b/src/project_standards/package_contract/projection.py
@@ -183,9 +183,11 @@ def _finding(code: str, plan: ProjectionPlan, path: Path, message: str) -> Packa
     )
 
 
-def projection_findings(root: Path) -> tuple[PackageFinding, ...]:
+def projection_findings(
+    root: Path, *, plan: ProjectionPlan | None = None
+) -> tuple[PackageFinding, ...]:
     """Return projection drift findings without modifying any filesystem entry."""
-    plan = plan_payload_projection(root)
+    plan = plan if plan is not None else plan_payload_projection(root)
     expected = {link.destination: link for link in plan.links}
     canonical_roots = {
         plan.root / f"standards/{link.standard_id}/versions/{link.version}"
@@ -330,7 +332,10 @@ def sync_payload_projection(
 ) -> tuple[PackageFinding, ...]:
     """Check read-only, or reconcile only projection symlinks and empty directories."""
     plan = plan_payload_projection(root)
-    findings = projection_findings(plan.root)
+    # Reuse the plan just computed instead of re-scanning manifests and
+    # schemas a second time inside projection_findings (measured ~3.5s
+    # redundant over 212 manifests + 416 schemas).
+    findings = projection_findings(plan.root, plan=plan)
     if check or not findings:
         return findings
     blocking = {